Amy Schumer opens up about her ‘gray-area’ rape by ex-boyfriend

Amy Schumer opened up to Oprah Winfrey about losing her virginity to a boyfriend who raped her while she was asleep.

Amy Schumer opened up to Oprah Winfrey about losing her virginity to a boyfriend who raped her while she was asleep.

The actress and comedian said she used to refer to the assault as "gray-area rape," or "grape," during her stand-up sets so people would laugh, but also as a teaching lesson.

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"When we hear about rape when we're children, it's about a guy popping out from a bush and some villain. They don't say it's probably gonna be a guy you know really well — it could be your husband, it could be your friend," she said Wednesday on "Super Soul Conversations."

"So you think when that happens to you, 'Well, this isn't someone I want to see rotting in a jail cell, but what he did to me was wrong.' I didn't consent. I lost my virginity while I was asleep and that's not okay. So in my stand-up I would say, 'If she's asleep, that's a no,' just hoping that a couple of guys would see that and then in that moment would be like, 'This is a no, I heard that somewhere.'"

Amy Schumer revealed that she lost her virginity while she was asleep. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Peabody Awards)

The "I Feel Pretty" star said she was left comforting her boyfriend after the assault because he "felt so bad and he was so worried."